The Dilemma

Just wondering...
How come the hope we have is short lived when faced with grim reality?
Why some christians don't believe God will heal?
And also not speak life into their circumstances but condemn it already by their demoralised words...
Why is this world so full of entertainment that does not glorify God?
And all of us thinks its great to keep watching the movies and listening to songs, once wholesome now with very dubious themes.
Even what we eat has changed. The decadence of this world, the westernisation of places we once loved. Food, a staple - should be a healthy staple. I need more balanced choices please. How come we have more and more choices but no better alternatives. Why do we lust for the latest technology when ours is still working fine? I only changed my mobile phone when my old one's hearing device was wonky and I couldn't store any more contacts. Yet it seems frivolous, even snobbish, to some for me, a youngster, to have such a 'good' and expensive looking phone. Oh? This is actually the second phone I ever bought in my lifetime - I have a good Daddy who blesses me with more than enough Nokias the past years. So considering that I've saved quite a lot these past years... ...
My point is, I think advertisements and the media play too huge a part in our lives. Why are we all hyped up about the latest movie, the newest techonology, the newly released single by some wannabe popstar with a glam mug but less than appealing vocals... the new perfume, or some skincare product hawked by some movie star. Is it really that good? Are we buying it because we like the product and it works or is it more bang and less buck?

The Dilemma of our times is not that we are indecisive.
It's that we have TOO MANY choices.

And in relationships as well. Once upon our parents' time they practically married the first or second boy that asked them out. The generation before that, even better. They only got to see their other half on the wedding day itself, in most marriages. So you inevitably end up with someone taller or thinner than you yuck. Now, we are spoilt for choices. It is not uncommon to hear of several ex-boyfriends (or several failed relationships) before marriage.

We can choose our partner from our workplace, church, relatives, social groups, if all else fails there is still the internet. bigchurch.com , sdu.com , friendfinder... Yet if this theory of 'having more choices is better' works out, how come our world sees more divorces, more affairs, more broken families and children getting depressed. One can argue that choice spoils us.

Even something so simple as choosing a mobile phone. There are 6 brands of pda touchscreen phones with different functions for different usage and operating systems. Inevitably, once we made that choice, we don't feel as if it's the BEST choice. Just a better choice out of the many, many choices we can otherwise make. Thus, the sense of insceurity - That others will say, why didn't you buy X ... or Y? And then you have to make a stand. The same goes for shopping for groceries, buying hairdye - there are at least 5 different brands to choose from. Choice spoils us, it makes us critical of other people's choices and we are often unsure that we have chosen the best.

That is why a good, loving God gave us ONLY two choices. Black or white, Truth or Lies. Follow me and be saved. Or choose not, and the option is death. We have to choose. We have a choice. Not choosing anything means you inevitably lose out in the game of life. The dilemma of the day is to choose something worthwhile.

Man, I should be a sociologist... ...